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Article: Vostocnoslavjanskie bylicki o zmeje i zmejah. Mificeskij ljubounik. (Book Reviews: Eastern Europe).(Book Review)
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- Asian Folklore Studies
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- June 1, 2002
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KOZLOVA, N[ATAL'JA] K. Vostocnoslavjanskie bylicki o zmeje i zmejah. Mificeskij ljubounik. Ukazatel' sjuzetov i teksti [East Slavic demonic legends about the dragon and snakes. The mythic lover. Type index and texts]. Omsk: Omskij Gosudarstvennyj Pedagogiceskij Universitet, 2000. 261 pages; publ. in 200 copies; ISBN 5-8268-0384-3.
The work under review discusses the demonic legend of the woman who is afflicted with a preternatural lover. The texts have been culled from publications since the middle of the nineteenth century, and are supplemented by the author's recent fieldwork, during which stories were collected from Russians in the region of Omsk in central ...